The Bronx

Investigators on Wednes­day released a surveillance photo of a suspected identity thief wanted in the cashing of forged checks at banks in Belmont and Morris Park. Two transactions, which siphoned a combined $1,437 from the account of a ­46-year-old Queens resident, went down sometime between 9 a.m. and noon on Oct. 14, cops said. The suspect passed one of the phony checks at a TD branch at East Fordham Road and Hughes ­Avenue, police said. He cashed the other at the TD branch on Williamsbridge Road near Rhinelander Avenue, authorities said.

A 23-year-old man was wounded in a Crown Heights shooting, authorities said Wednesday. The assailant pulled a gun on the victim at about 4:10 p.m. Tuesday during an argument on Nostrand Avenue near Pacific Street, according to police. He fired a single round into the man’s torso and then fled. The victim was rushed to Kings County Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition, according to cops. Investigators couldn’t immediately determine a motive behind the attack or provide a description of the gunman, except that he was wearing a green sweat shirt bearing the word ‘‘Aero.’’

A beanpole of a robber tried to knock over an East Flatbush fried-chicken joint, police said Wednesday. The towering thief — described by cops as approximately 6-foot-10 and 180 pounds — pointed a gun at a 21-year-old worker behind the counter at the Popeyes on Kings Highway near Utica Avenue at around 10:45 p.m. Tuesday and demanded cash, police said. But the would-be crook lost his nerve before the worker could hand over so much as a dime, and fled empty-handed, according to cops. The suspect, believed to be about 25 years old, wore sunglasses and a blue jacket, cops said.

Bonnie-and-Clyde suspects are wanted in the burglary of a Crown Heights apartment, authorities said Wednesday. The prowlers scaled the fire escape of a building on Park Place and slipped into the third-floor apartment between 11 p.m. on Dec. 6 and 3:30 a.m. on Dec. 7, sources said. They escaped with the tenant’s wallet, according to cops. The two were later seen on surveillance video ­using the victim’s credit card at a bodega on Franklin Avenue, law-enforcement authorities said.

Manhattan

A suspect stole four boxes of stogies from a Midtown cigar shop, investigators said Wednesday. The thief swiped the smokes from a humidor at the Davidoff of Geneva Cigar Lounge on Sixth Avenue near West 56th Street at approximately 4:20 p.m. on Nov. 23, law-enforcement authorities said. The value of the cigars wasn’t immediately known. The thief was described as in his 30s, 5-foot-7 and 155 pounds. He has short, black hair, and wore sunglasses and a black scarf.

A knife-wielding crook knocked over an Upper East Side deli, police said Wednesday. The thief pulled a blade on a 32-year-old worker at the Everest Convenience Store on East 80th Street near Second Avenue just before 9:20 p.m. Tuesday, cops said. He made off with about $350 as well as two packs of cigarettes, according to authorities. The thief was described as about 30 years old, ­6-foot-2 and 170 pounds. He wore a black jacket and black jeans.

Queens

A little old lady withdrew thousands of dollars from another woman’s account at a Flushing bank, law-enforcement authorities alleged Wednesday. She walked into the Chase branch at Main Street and 39th Avenue at about 4 p.m. on Nov. 11 and used the 75-year-old victim’s account information to withdraw $3,250, police said. The account info was stolen somewhere in Astoria, where the victim resides, authorities said.

An NYPD auto mechanic was charged with choking his adult son during a domestic squabble Wednesday morning in eastern Queens, authorities said. James Diana, 58, throttled his son, in his 20s, in the heated spat at the family home at about 9:15 a.m., officials allege. Investigators did not disclose the address of the home. It wasn’t clear if the victim required medical treatment. Diana, a civilian employee of the NYPD, was charged with criminal obstruction of breathing and criminal mischief.